Statistical significance is a critical concept in data analysis and research. In essence, it’s a measure that allows researchers to assess whether the results of an experiment or study are due to ...

A century ago, two oddly domestic puzzles helped set the rules for what modern science treats as "real": a Guinness brewer charged with quality control and a British lady insisting she can taste ...

In the middle of the 20 th century, the field of psychology had a problem. In the wake of the Manhattan Project and in the early days of the space race, the so-called “hard sciences” were producing ...

The books Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics (Wheeler, 1976) and Damned Lies and Statistics (Best, 2001) have raised questions about whether statistics can be trusted. A number of educated people today, ...